Valsamaki Artemis , 1978, Athens,Greece
Education
1999-2002: Graduation from Mokume Silversmithing and Jewellery Design School
1996-1999: BA in Design from Vakalo School, Department of Graphics Design
Seminars
2004: Theatrical Marionette at the MAIRIVI Puppet Art Workshop, Athens, Greece
2004: Rag doll at the MAIRIVI Puppet Art Workshop , Athens ,Greece
2003: Drama Games at the Theatre of Changes, Athens, Greece
2002: Enamel and clasp making techniques at an Institute of Vocational Training.
Workshops
2019: Screen Printing, Athens , Greece
2016: Substance and absence part 2 presented by Jorge Manilla, Athens,Greece
2015: Substance and absence presented by Jorge Manilla, Athens,Greece
2015: Corporeo in corporeo presented by Jorge Manilla,Athens Greece
Exhibitions in Greece
2023: “A History of Revolutions”, Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum, Athens ,Greece
2019: Athens Jewelry Week , Benaki Museum , Athens
2018: Surrealistic Toys , A S Gallery Contemporary Jewelry and Art , Crete Island , Greece
2018: New Horizons, From Jewelry to sculpture, Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum, Athens
2018: The After Joya Effect 5 , Popeye loves olive Art space, Athens
2018: Athens Jewelry Week , “ Intersecting spaces’’, Benaki Museum , Athens
2017: “The After Joya Effect 4”, Popeye Loves Olive art space, Athens
2016: “The After Joya Effect 3”, Popeye loves olive art space, Athens
2016: Athens Jewelry Week, ”Intersecting spaces”, Melanithros art space, Athens
2014 :Symbols.Contemporary Art Jewelery Exhibition at the Industrial Gas Museum (Technopolis),Athens
2013: Without freedom there is no art. Contemporary Art Jewelery Exhibition at the Popeye Loves Olive Art Space, Athens
2013: Eternal Bliss. Contemporary Art Jewelery and Objects Exhibition at El.Marneri Gallery, Athens
2012: Mentis is opening again Exhibition based upon materials of Mentis artisanship at the Benaki Museum,Athens
2011: Three landscapes of Paros , Artist in Residence ,Apothiki Art Centre, Paros
2010: TOOLS Contemporary Art Jewellery Exhibition at the TAF art foundation, Athens
2002: Contemporary Jewellery at the Lalaounis Jewellery Museum, Athens
2002: Trash Art Exhibition at the Industrial Gas Museum (Technopolis),Athens
International Exhibitions
2020: 5th International Biennale of contemporarry metal art , Metallophone Museum , Vilnius , Lithuania
2019:Joya Art Jewelry Fair, Barcelona, Spain
2018: Dandelion Fluff’s Flight through the Universe,’’Putti’’ Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2018: Hidden Curriculum, Melting point, Museu de la Ciutat, Valencia, Hosted by Popeye loves olive Art Space
2018: Hidden Curriculum, , Atelier Cepissakova, Munich, Germany , Hosted by Popeye loves Olive
2017: Joya Art Jewellery fair, Barcelona, Spain
2016: Reproduced Paradise,Contemporary Jewellery and Art ,Abandoned Villa, Budapest,Hungary
2016: Joya Art Jewellery Fair,Barcelona,Spain
2016: Transit “ Jewelry from around the world’’, Creativity Oggetti Gallery, Turin, Italy
2016: Unclasped,Discovering Contemporary Greek Jewellery, Melbourne,Australia
2015: Joya Art Jewellery Fair,Barcelona,Spain
2010: Handwerk and design, New Munich Trade Fair Centre, Munich
2008: Sieraad International Jewellery Art Fair, Amsterdam
Solo exhibitions
2016: ”Landscapes of the mind”, Gallery Platina, Stockholm, Sweden
2017: ‘’Under the surface’’,Popeye Loves Olive Art space,Athens, Greece
Awards
2019: Winner of the Joya Barcelona Art Fair award at Athens Jewelry Week
2018: Winner of the Athens Jewelry Week Award
2016: Winner of the Public Award for the ”The After Joya Effect 3”at the Popeye Loves Olive art space, Athens
Publications
New Brooches , 400+ Contemporary Jewellry Designs, Nicolas Estrada , 2017
Self-publish Zine ”Reality of a dream” Issue 1 , 2021
Jewelry Catalogues Publications
Metalsmith magazine Vol 40 No 3 (2020)
Collections
Charon Kransen Arts
CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Museum of Greek Folk Art, Athens Greece
Platina Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Popeye Loves Olive, Art Space , Athens , Greece
Membership
Member of the Chamber of Fine Art of Greece
Interviews